Jennifer Jordan
- Professor, Sociology
- Professor, Urban Studies
- Affiliate Professor, History
Education
- PhD, University of California–San Diego
Office Hours
- Bolton Hall, Office 746
- Wednesdays 11:30 - 1:30pm
Courses Taught
- USP 983: Contemporary Urban Social Structure and Change
- SOCIOL 923: Seminar on the Sociology of Culture
- SOCIOL 715: Systematic Sociological Theory
- SOCIOL 380: Honors Seminar - The Sociology of Beer and Brewing
- SOCIOL 495: Seminar in Sociology - Beer and Brewing
- SOCIOL 375: Social Theory
- SOCIOL 101: Introduction to Sociology
Research Interests
- Urban Sociology
- Sociology of Culture
- Theory
- Europe/Germany
- Sociology of Food
- Beer and Brewing
Media Interviews
Jennifer Jordan on Women and Hops, on the Beer Ladies Podcast:
Jennifer Jordan on Tomatoes and Collective Memory, on RadioWest/KUER with Doug Fabrizio:
Selected Publications
Jennifer A. Jordan, Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming.
Jennifer A. Jordan. Edible Memory: The Lure of Heirloom Tomatoes and Other Forgotten Foods. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Jordan, Jennifer A. “Apples, Identity, and Memory in Post-1989 Germany” Debating German Cultural Identity 1989 -2009 Ed. Fuchs, Anne, and James-Chakraborty, Kathleen. Camden House. (2011).
Jordan, Jennifer A. “Landscapes of European Memory: Biodiversity and Collective Remembrance” History and Memory 22.2 (2010): 5-33.
Jordan, Jennifer A. “Elevating the Humble Dumpling: From Peasant Kitchens to Press Conferences” Ethnology 47.2 (2009): 20-41.
Jordan, Jennifer. “The Heirloom Tomato as Cultural Object: Investigating Taste and Space” Sociologia Ruralis 47.1 (2007): 20-41.
Jennifer A. Jordan. Structures of Memory: Understanding Urban Change in Berlin and Beyond. Stanford University Press. 2006.